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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
4
The Glenwood post office lists train mail routes with bound directions and times from early morning to night. It notes that No. 15 bound west or east runs at specific times, with No. 1 and others, and states No. 15 receives no mail. Office hours are 7:00 am to 8:00 pm, with Sunday gaps and window hours.
A series of property transfers are reported, including Ira Padgett conveying Lot 8 to L Walker for 850 dollars, Mary E Richardson to Frank Bekrdle for 160 acres near Lyons, and multiple deeds in Platteville Glenwood and Silver City. Also listed are exchanges and parcels in Pac Junction and Bardley and Bowman's Addition Glenwood, plus a Hay Fever remedy testimonial from Batesville Indiana mentioning Foley's Honey and Tar.
Silver City residents host visitors from Malvern Omaha Indiana Spokane and Des Moines while stockholders of the Silver City State Bank vote to cut capital from 50 000 to 25 000 Also noted are new visits from relatives and a patient transferred from St Bernard's hospital to Silver City for care with serious condition following the trip home
Tabor topics report a Seattle trip by Mr and Mrs C F Wells and a weeks long absence for relatives. The 10 month old son of Mr and Mrs Bert Watts died from cholera infantum with the funeral at home. Frank Starr and family attend the Watts infant funeral from Council Bluffs. Mr and Mrs C A Barnes entertain brother B F Barnes of Haverill MA and sister Mrs Hattie Gastot of Emerson, Ned. John Kemp family moves from farm to North Tabor. John Omer returns from a Pacific coast tour. George Kemp of Lamont and daughter Lulu Kemp McClenan visit for a tournament. Town pump sufficient but water supply inadequate. Wheaton the prison evangelist arrives to rest at Faith home. A L Chantry plans move to Oklahoma to publish a newspaper. Dr Miller reports a new daughter born to Mr and Mrs AS Bloedel. Booze shipments and midnight deliveries stress ball tournament demand.
Wall Street reports social plans for August 25 on church lawn with Miss Hattie Henderson of Omaha visiting relatives in town. Local residents including El jand R K Henderson, Amanda Haygood, Elva Hesterquist, Miles Phillips, and Glenwood visitors are noted along with farm rentals, visits, and upcoming meetings of Ladies Home Missionary Society Queen Esthers Home Guards and Jewels at Mrs Sallie Jones's home Wednesday at 2 30.
An educational and historic tented show features a Far East scene with Rossi's Musical Elephants and an authentic Battle of Summit Springs. Colonel Cody, the real Buffalo Bill, appears in the principal Wild West scene along with equestrian groups and authentic outfits and equipment throughout.
A US appeals court denied Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance’s plea for rehearing in the McCue murder case. The ruling obliges payment of a $20,000 death claim for Samuel McCue, Charlottesville mayor executed for wife murder, and sets a precedent that life insurers must pay policies when policyholders are legally executed.
James Mullin, Philadelphia navy yard official, loses a five dollar panama hat in a joke played on him by a shy worker. The worker offered Mullin’s discarded hat via building 24, but the plan backfired when the worker present received the hat and returned a derby Mullin owned. The joke amused Mullin, though he suffered the loss.
An advertising notice urges firms to judge a printer by its own stationery and sample work. It emphasizes careful, first class printing for small and large orders. The Tribune promotes job printing on its honor. Also a testimonial for Foley's Urine Laxative claims stomach and bowel benefits.
Mills County tax records show a long list of residents and entities in Malvern and surrounding areas. The ledger includes individuals such as Kilpatrick, Kneeland, Knight, and Mulholland, along with companies like Malvern Light and Standard Oil Co, totaling substantial sums and notes on rents, taxes, and dues. The Tribune notes Mills County coverage and distinctions among residents, with sparse context and scattered figures reflecting the tax ledger's breadth.
The piece notes that hard times reduced marriages and diamond sales, estimating 110,000 New Yorkers who would have wed last year did not. It adds uncertainty about this year's marriages. It also mentions public forests and schools, with 25 percent or $60,000 of forest revenue allocated to Colorado per federal authority, directed to public roads and schooling.
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